Sakaria 12
1 Nkɔmhyɛ: Yei ne Awurade asɛm a ɛfa Israel ho. Awurade a ɔtrɛ ɔsoro mu, deɛ ɔto asase fapem, deɛ ɔyɛ honhom a ɔte onipa mu asɛm nie:
The prophecy of the word of Jehovah concerning Israel. Thus saith Jehovah, who stretched out the heavens, And laid the foundation of the earth, And formed the spirit of man within him:
2 “Merebɛyɛ Yerusalem kuruwa a ɛbɛma aman a atwa ne ho ahyia no atɔ ntintan. Wɔbɛto ahyɛ Yuda ne Yerusalem so.
Behold, I make Jerusalem a cup of giddiness to all the nations round about, And for Judah also shall it be In the siege against Jerusalem.
3 Saa ɛda no a ewiase aman nyinaa aboa wɔn ho ano retia no no, mɛma Yerusalem ayɛ ɔbotantim ama aman no nyinaa. Wɔn a wɔbɛpɛ sɛ wopire no no nyinaa bɛpirapira wɔn ho.
And in that day will I make Jerusalem A burdensome stone for all nations; All that lift it up shall tear themselves, And all the nations of the earth shall gather themselves together against it.
4 Saa ɛda no, mɛma ɔpɔnkɔ biara abɔ huboa, na mɛma ne sotefoɔ nso abɔ dam,” sɛdeɛ Awurade seɛ nie. “Mɛbue mʼani ahwɛ Yuda fie, na mɛfirafira aman ahodoɔ no apɔnkɔ ani.
In that day, saith Jehovah, I will smite every horse with amazement, And his rider with madness; I will open mine eyes upon the house of Judah, And every horse of the nations will I smite with blindness.
5 Na Yuda ntuanofoɔ bɛka wɔ wɔn akoma mu sɛ, ‘Yerusalemfoɔ yɛ ahoɔdenfoɔ, ɛfiri sɛ Asafo Awurade yɛ wɔn Onyankopɔn.’
Then shall the leaders of Judah say in their heart, “Strong are the inhabitants of Jerusalem, Through Jehovah of hosts, their God.”
6 “Saa ɛda no, mɛyɛ Yuda ntuanofoɔ sɛ ogya ayowaa a ɛhyɛ nnyina mu, te sɛ ogyatɛn a ɛrederɛ wɔ wira a wɔaboa ano mu. Wɔbɛhye nnipa a wɔatwa wɔn ho ahyia nyinaa wɔ benkum ne nifa, nanso hwee renka Yerusalem wɔ baabi a ɔwɔ hɔ.
In that day will I make the leaders of Judah Like a fire-pan among wood, And like a torch of fire in a sheaf, And they shall devour, on the right hand and on the left, All the nations round about. And Jerusalem shall again dwell in her own place at Jerusalem.
7 “Awurade bɛbɔ Yuda atenaeɛ ho ban kane, sɛdeɛ Dawid fie ne wɔn a wɔte Yerusalem animuonyam renkyɛne Yudafoɔ animuonyam.
Jehovah will also save the tents of Judah first, That the glory of the house of David, And the glory of the inhabitants of Jerusalem, May not magnify itself against Judah.
8 Saa ɛda no, Awurade bɛbɔ wɔn a wɔte Yerusalem ho ban, deɛ ɔyɛ mmerɛ koraa wɔ wɔn mu no bɛyɛ sɛ Dawid. Na Dawid asefoɔ bɛyɛ sɛ Onyankopɔn, te sɛ Awurade Bɔfoɔ a ɔdi wɔn anim.
In that day shall Jehovah defend the inhabitants of Jerusalem, And he that is feeble among them in that day shall be like David, And the house of David shall be as God, As the angel of Jehovah before them.
9 Saa ɛda no, mɛhyɛ aseɛ asɛe aman a wɔko tia Yerusalem nyinaa.
And it shall come to pass in that day That I will seek to destroy all the nations Which come against Jerusalem.
10 “Mehwie adom ne nkotosrɛ honhom agu Dawid fie ne wɔn a wɔte Yerusalem so. Wɔbɛhwɛ me a wɔahwire me, na wɔatwa adwo ama no te sɛ obi a ɔretwa adwo wɔ ɔba korɔ ho, na wɔasu yaaya te sɛ obi a ɔresu ne ba barima piesie.
Then will I pour upon the house of David, And upon the inhabitants of Jerusalem, A spirit of supplication, and of prayer; And they shall look to me whom they pierced, And they shall mourn for him, as one mourneth for his only son, And shall be in bitterness for him, as one that is in bitterness for his first-born.
11 Saa ɛda no agyaadwo twerɛ a ɛwɔ Yerusalem no ano bɛyɛ den te sɛ Hadad-Rimon agyaadwo twerɛ wɔ Megido asase tam so.
In that day the mourning shall be great in Jerusalem, As the mourning of Hadadrimmon in the valley of Megiddo.
12 Asase no sofoɔ nyinaa bɛdi awerɛhoɔ, abusua biara ne wɔn yerenom; Dawid fie abusua ne wɔn yerenom, Natan fie abusua ne wɔn yerenom,
And the land shall mourn, every family apart; The family of the house of David apart, and their wives apart; The family of the house of Nathan apart, and their wives apart;
13 Lewifie abusua ne wɔn yerenom, Simei abusua ne wɔn yerenom,
The family of the house of Levi apart, and their wives apart; The family of the house of Shimei apart, and their wives apart;
14 ne mmusua a aka no nyinaa ne wɔn yerenom.
All the families that remain, Every family apart, and their wives apart.
